Description:
The Cloud Infrastructure and Platform team is seeking an experienced
Cloud Infrastructure Program Manager to Lead and complete large-scale, client-driven projects. Communicate with clients and customers to determine their needs or requirements. You will play a pivotal role in ensuring the effective planning, execution, and delivery of critical projects. Our goal is to deliver high-quality experiences through data-driven improvement programs, timely and with outstanding results.
What You'll Do:
Project Governance: Implement and drive PMO program management standards, including project governance policies and procedures, to ensure consistent practices across technical and strategic programs.
Build: Program plans with well-managed dependencies and internal partner alignment in shared tools (JIRA, Confluence, etc) and lead all aspects of resource distribution for staffing, budgeting, and scheduling to boost efficiency.
Risk Management: Identify, assess, and mitigate project risks, ensuring active management of risks throughout and issue resolution.
Partner Collaboration: Establish effective communication channels with partners, ensuring clarity and alignment throughout the project lifecycle.
Continuous Improvement: Drive continuous improvement initiatives within the PMO, finding opportunities to improve the processes and tools used in project management. Adhere to metrics and governance for process and drive process improvements.
Performance Metrics: Develop and maintain key performance indicators to measure and report on program and portfolio performance, making data-driven decisions.
Alignment: Collaborate with engineering and program leaders to align project priorities and develop positive relationships with multi-functional teams to achieve business goals.
Executive: Prepare program status reports and executive briefings for various partner groups
Lead: Lead and Manage Project Managers and Scrum Leaders and advocate Agile principles to promote organizational agility and cultural change.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Experience as a Technical Project or Program Manager or similar related job profile (Release Train Engineer)
- Experience working with project planning tools (Jira, Confluence or SharePoint)
- Experience leading infrastructure or related projects
- PMP Certification is required
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience with facilitating meetings and speaking in front of groups
- Experience with cloud and on-prem network infrastructure
- Excellent analytical skills; you digest sophisticated information, can distill it, and make recommendations and proposals.
- Ability to adapt to shifting priorities and timelines
- Appetite for rapid changes and comfort with navigating through uncertain/ambiguous situations
- Self-starting, self-motivated, self-directed, and self-sufficient
- Openness to new insights and willingness to innovate
- Comfort managing budgets
- Experience within or partnering with Support organizations
- Strong understanding of software development processes and Agile methodologies
- Agile certifications preferred (CSM, RTE, etc.)
About Actalent
Actalent is a global leader in engineering and sciences services and talent solutions. We help visionary companies advance their engineering and science initiatives through access to specialized experts who drive scale, innovation and speed to market. With a network of almost 30,000 consultants and more than 4,500 clients across the U.S., Canada, Asia and Europe, Actalent serves many of the Fortune 500.
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
At Actalent, diversity and inclusion are a bridge towards the equity and success of our people. DE&I are embedded into our culture through:
- Hiring diverse talent
- Maintaining an inclusive environment through persistent self-reflection
- Building a culture of care, engagement, and recognition with clear outcomes
- Ensuring growth opportunities for our people
The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.
If you would like to request a reasonable accommodation, such as the modification or adjustment of the job application process or interviewing process due to a disability, please email actalentaccommodation@actalentservices.com for other accommodation options.